Venezuelan Petroleum Minister Manuel Quevedo has denounced U.S. sanctions against Caracas as a “direct attack” on its citizens.
His comments come at a time when the oil-rich, but cash-poor, country is suffering the Western Hemisphere’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory.
“The powers of the United States are out in front of this attack,” Quevedo told CNBC at the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee Meeting (JMMC) in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday.
